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- Title
PODRÓŻ AEROSTATYCZNA W CHAMBÉRY.
- Authors
Mrówka, Kazimierz
- Abstract
The article reports on "Prospectus d experience aerostatique de Chambery," a historic scientific document which contains a description of the design of one of the first montgolfier flights, that is a hot air balloon flight. Topics discussed include description of the construction of the montgolfier and the entire flight; aerostatic expedition in the Chambery balloon; scientific and technical themes including structural details of balloon; philosophical, literary and didactic views on ballooning; and the difference between the first attempt to break up the montgolfier and the other, this time successful.
- Subjects
HISTORY of ballooning; BALLOONING; LAUNCHING of hot air balloons; HOT air balloons; BALLOONING techniques; HISTORY of aeronautics; HISTORY of science
- Publication
Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
0023-589X
- Publication type
Article